BrahimHemdani

One thing I can assure you of, Regan is no idiot, misguided perhaps, out his depth certainly, but not an idiot. The email proves conclusively that he is an administrator and a pretty damn good one at that. It covers all the late night discussions and sets out what has to happen next for the SFA/SPL plans to work. The play-offs, pyramid system, redistribution of monies and amalgamation of the leagues are all good ideas that are supported by the fans and the latter at least by the SPL. (He aslo did an enormous job in his first year at the SFA working with McLeish and getting rid of the cumbersome and outmoded committee system.) Where he goes wrong is in totally misjudging the reaction of the SFL clubs to pushing Rangers into SFL1; but how much is he to blame for that as he was working with SFL President Jim Ballantyne and CEO David Longmuir and being pushed very hard all the way by Doncaster on behalf of the vested interests in the SPL? What kills him, however, is the para "In parallel to A-D above, could Rod Petrie please brief Charles Green confidentially on the discussions from a Scottish FA perspective so that there are 'no surprises' and there is a general acceptance of the plan plus all of the other conditions discussed e.g. transfer embargo, fines, repayment of football debt, waiving rights to legal challenge, acceptance of relegation and so on". He should never have committed that to an email if he wanted it to remain confidential. The first law of email is never say something in an email that you wouldn't want repeated outside an email; because, as far more important men and institutions have found out recently, they never stay confidential for long. That plus his misguided comments about social unrest are why he has to go. It would be interesting to speculate on who leaked it, Ballantyne perhaps or Longmuir?

Only a proportion of the £2.7M that Celtic got for winning the SPL last season relates to the TV money and that £2.7M is only say 10% of their playing budget and possibly 5% of their overall budget (sorry don't have exact figures but it will be that kind of proportion) so it is not that simple. It WILL have an impact on them but not nearly as much as it has on other clubs.

Some aspects of this article are quite interesting e.g. impact on Third Division Clubs; and the Financial implications but they they are wrong by a season because apparently the TV deal would be intact for next year. Also the writer must have been time warped in March 2011 as his paragraphs on Social implications appear to ignore the work of the JAG/JRG which the police will tell you have had a major impact on social behaviour. Joint Action Group Report 11 July 2011 Recommendations from the Joint Action Group set up following the Football Summit on March 8, 2011 B. Measures to tackle violence, bigotry and alcohol misuse associated with football through a consistent approach to policing at and around football across Scotland â?? supported by all those involved in the game. Tackling violence, bigotry and alcohol misuse associated with football is not a matter for the police (or any single agency) to deal with alone. Everyone involved in football, from the football authorities to individual supporters, wishes to ensure that the good reputation of Scottish football and of Scottish football supporters is maintained and improved and that our national game receives attention for all the right reasons. It is recognised that the police play a crucial role in maintaining order and safety at football matches and that they are supported in this by Football Safety Officers, Stewards and supporters themselves. The low levels of recorded incidents of individual offending at football stadiums, relative to the number of people attending, demonstrates the importance and effectiveness of current policing and event management and the good conduct of the vast majority of those who attend matches. But some individuals continue to fall short of acceptable standards of behaviour. This extends beyond the match itself; evidence indicates increased incidents of antisocial behaviour/disorder, violence, domestic abuse and (to a lesser extent) bigotry in the wider community on certain match days. More research is needed to explore the links between football and violence and disorder in order that the most appropriate interventions can be developed and targeted correctly. Furthermore, the freedom and anonymity provided by the internet have been abused by some who use it as a vehicle for spreading messages of hate and inciting serious harm. This appears to be a growing issue which requires specific consideration. The importance of a consistent approach to policing at and around football, and for that approach to be supported by all those involved in football, has been emphasised throughout the work of the JAG. The JAG therefore recommend that: 1. A National Football Policing Unit is established, enabling the Scottish Police Service to deliver a consistent approach when policing football in Scotland, co-ordinating football intelligence, enforcing football-related legislation and supporting post-match investigations. This Unit should incorporate the existing ACPOS Football Banning Order Authority to expand the co-ordination, management and application of Football Banning Orders. This Unit should also support the expansion of Anti-Sectarian and Unacceptable Behaviour Initiatives across Scotland at all identified high risk matches and should be in place for the start of the 2011/12 season. 2. Any future extension of the initiative known as the â??Football Depute Schemeâ?? as developed through the â??Glasgow Pilotâ?? (i.e. the co-ordination of FBO applications by a Procurator Fiscal in the area) is supported and participated in fully through training and awareness events delivered by the FBO Manager, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) and Judicial Studies Committee of Scotland. 3. As part of a comprehensive review of football-related legislation, the Scottish Government should consider amendments to legislation relating to Football Banning Orders which will support their expansion and enforcement. 4. ACPOS supports a consistent approach to policing football through the development of: â?¢a strategy to tackle hate crime, incorporating the proposed legislation, prior to the end of the 2011/12 season; â?¢training around the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill (once passed); â?¢good practice guidance in relation to Football Banning Orders, prior to the commencement of season 2011/12 with appropriate training/communications inputs to all staff delivered during the course of season 2011/12. â?¢A toolkit which consolidates all legislation and guidance on football related offences, in liaison with the Football Safety Officers Association Scotland during the course of the season 2011/12, delivered prior to that season end. 5. Measures are put in place to support police investigations targeting internet e-hate crime. This should include: legislative amendments to require registration of internet enabled equipment and agreement on the evidence which will be accepted to support convictions for these offences. 6. A single standard information sharing protocol is adopted between all SFA member clubs and the local police commanders to include effective two-way communication in time for the commencement of the 2011/12 season. 7. That spectator safety content is incorporated into the coaching badge programme at the earliest opportunity. 8. That all SFA member clubs agree and adopt a single code of conduct for players, coaches and other officials in Scottish football prior to the end of season 2011/12. 9. The Police and Scottish Government and Supporters Direct Scotland (SDS) jointly build upon the research conducted by SDS to develop a national strategy to ensure that all supporters are aware of their responsibilities prior to the end of season 2011/12. 10. All SFA member clubs agree and adopt a single code of conduct for supporters to be implemented prior to the end of the 2011/12 season and including a commitment to impose and enforce appropriate sanctions upon supporters involved in football-related offending. 11. Minimum Standard provisions should be incorporated within the ticket sale conditions of all SPL-member clubs as well as in the ground conditions to enable consistent enforcement. 12. The role of SPL match delegate is reviewed with the aim of placing emphasis on the off-the-pitch events such as crowd behaviour, liaison with the police match commander, player behaviour pre and post match, stewarding and policing tactics. 13. A more formal liaison between the SFA and SPL over the system of Match Delegates is developed. 14. Increased understanding of the roles and responsibilities of police and stewards within football grounds is developed through better briefing of other stakeholders in the game. 15. The Match Commander protocol for briefing players, coaching staff and others be approved and implemented immediately, along with an associated warning poster. 16. The Scottish Government commissions academic research into the relationship between football and domestic abuse in Scotland. This research would inform future strategies by the police and partner agencies, ensuring that appropriate interventions are developed and targeted effectively. 17. JAG partners continue to co-operate with ACPOS Domestic Abuse Working Group to build upon and promote the initiatives in relation to domestic abuse, including all Scottish Police Forces considering adopting appropriate analytical tools to identify and address football-related offending. Joint Action Group Progress Report July 2011 â?? December 2011 Improving an understanding of the relationship between football and domestic abuse 22. The JAG is also committed to supporting a greater understanding of the relationship between domestic abuse and football. Both the statistics provided by Strathclyde police and further analysis demonstrate an increase in reported incidents of domestic abuse following Old Firm matches. The JAG is agreed that more research is required to better understand this complex relationship, in order to inform the relevant risk assessments and interventions. The Scottish Government will SPL Anti-Domestic Abuse Campaign 32. For season 2011/12, the SPL is developing a community- focused campaign to raise awareness of domestic abuse and the need for a zero tolerance approach. This will include the provision of advertising space to the national â??Scotland Says No to Domestic Abuseâ?? campaign. SPL are also developing an initiative which will offer a â??match day experienceâ?? to children affected by domestic abuse. It is hoped that such an initiative will help build or strengthen links between SPL clubs and their local domestic abuse charity. Immediate Next Steps In addition to promoting and maintaining the above actions, the following will be taken forward in the months leading up to season 2012/13: Supporters Charter and Communications campaign â?? being developed in partnership with supporters, recognising the powerful and positive influence the vast majority of supporters have.

SPL2 is dead in the water.

I think he's toast. If there had been a vote amongst the SFL clubs it would have been AT LEAST 25-5 against him at the same time as he's failed to deliver for the SPL clubs, so how many of them apart from Celtic would support him? But as I pointed out earlier, it will be up to the SFA Board which consists of of seven members: the Office Bearers (Stewart Regan, Chief Executive; Campbell Ogilvie, President; Alan McRae, First Vice-President, and Rod Petrie, Second Vice-President), plus Tom Johnston (Junior FA) and Barrie Jackson, the Scottish FA’s first-ever independent non-executive director. Ralph Topping (SPL), resigned in May and doesn't appear to have been replaced as yet; almost certain that Lawwell will take his place. That means that in reality it will depend on the three office bearers: Campbell Ogilvie, President; Alan McRae, First Vice-President, and Rod Petrie, Second Vice-President. My guess is that given a half decent offer, Regan will resign and quite possibly before the weekend is out. I am sure that the phones are red hot right now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18841325 His jacket, as they say, is on a shoogly peg. "Rangers, as has been elected, will play in Division Three. That's how it stands at the moment, that's how we fully expect it to stand at 17:00 BST on Monday."

I have had it confirmed via a director of an SFL club that it was indeed Annan; but personally I don't have an issue with their point of view since they had to go through the same procedure to get in.

I read that as the penalties from the SFA. My feeling is that the financial penalties will stand and we will agree to pay out of newco over a period of time, say one or two seasons in consideration of which no further penalty e.g. transfer ban, will be imposed and the matter will be referred to the Tribunal with that recommendation and they will rubber stamp it.

Quoting myself if that's allowed? Longmuir told me recently that he and Ballantyne get out-voted 7-2 every time on the PGB, even on relatively inocuous issues such as the Glasgow Cup; but I think that may be about to change.

And the indians are about to kill the chiefs.

I once refereed match of the day there: the Scottish Qualifying Cup Tie - Annan Ath v Glasgow University, nice pitch with a single rail round if I recall and a nice wee market town that is no doubt looking forward to our visit.

I've had a quick look through the relevant sections of the SFA Handbook and oddly there doesn't appear to be a section on the CEO but basically the "management, business and control of the SFA vests in the Board" . It's a pdf so couldn't copy it but it's at page 67 para 62.1 http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/resources/documents/SFAPublications/ScottishFApublications2011-12/Scottish%20FA%20Handbook.pdf The following sections describe the make up of the two subsidiary Boards - The Professional and Non Professional Game Boards.

I don't think that's correct; I am almost certain that the power to hire and fire the CEO will vest in the Board on behalf of the members. I think the procedure you describe would be required to sack the Board but not the CEO.

Ernie Walker and his predecessor the legendary WP (Willie) Allan were both men who played it by the book and woe betide anyone who stepped outside the line. The problem now is that Stewart Regan and certain others are trying to re-write the book on the hoof and that doesn't and won't work.

It is a POSSIBILITY but if Regan isn't a dead duck now he certainly would be then. Provided our application satisfies the normal criteria for membership, I don't see how it can be refused. Whatever you think of Green, he is certainly not a barra boy like Whyte; and I don't think he would get that wrong.

And pushing us back up into the SPL or at least two divisions at once as per Fiorentina, not beyond the bounds of possibility.

That is true, we can't play ANYWHERE without SFA membership; but they have to decide our application on its merits, not on the basis of where we might play. As GA says if they were to determine our application based on the fact that we have been accepted into SFL3 rather than SFL1 and not on the merits of the application itself, Rangers would have recourse to the Courts who would quickly set aside any such decison as with the transfer ban and/or UEFA would step in. Gear up for Peterhead, Elgin and Montrose that's where we're going next season.

Thomson is not on it. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_football.cfm?page=2560 The main Board consists of seven members: the Office Bearers (Stewart Regan, Chief Executive; Campbell Ogilvie, President; Alan McRae, First Vice-President, and Rod Petrie, Second Vice-President), plus Ralph Topping (SPL), Tom Johnston (Junior FA) and Barrie Jackson, the Scottish FAâ??s first-ever independent non-executive director. The main Board would make the decision and obviously Regan could not take part in the discussion. They are supplemented by the two operational Professional and Non Professional Boards, the former consisting of nine members and the latter 11 representatives of their respective parts of the game. Professional Game Board: Chairman: Rod Petrie (Scottish FA) Members: Jim Ballantyne (SFL), Neil Doncaster (SPL), Peter Lawwell (SPL), David Longmuir (SFL), Alan McRae (Scottish FA), Campbell Ogilvie (Scottish FA), Stewart Regan (Scottish FA), Sandy Stables (SHFL) and Ralph Topping (SPL). Non-Professional Game Board: Chairman: Alan McRae (Scottish FA) Members: Donald Beaton (Welfare FA), John Gold (Schools FA), Colin Holden (South of Scotland), Tom Johnston (Junior FA), David Little (Youth FA), Maureen McGonigle (Scottish Womenâ??s Football), Campbell Ogilvie (Scottish FA), Rod Petrie (Scottish FA), Stewart Regan (Scottish FA), Andrew Renwick (East of Scotland), Graham Harkness (Scottish Amateur FA).

Zappa, so long as there are two leagues, neither the SPL nor the SFA can FORCE us into SFL1 against the wishes of the member clubs of that league.

They would have been promoted whoever was elected to fill the vacancy in Div 3.

That IS what should have happened.

There'll be a few extra bridies sold on the 28th then!

The Board of the SFA.

They didn't do a bad job at Thermopylai.

I have met him on about 10 occasions in the past year and that is the impression I have formed. I'll give you one example, the Scottish Government put him in as Chair of the JRG when you might have thought that Regan was the obvious choice. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he's bomb proof by any manner of means but he's in a much stronger position than Regan.